Tucson - 3rd Week in March

The week starts out with closures due to COVID19.

No gathering in groups of more than 10 and all social events canceled.

 My gym - the Pool - is closed!  All season there was never more than 5 people in the Pool and it was more often than not just me with 1 or 2 others.  The last day it was opened there were 24 people in the pool.

The Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner was changed from Sit Down to Take Out.  The Parade is the last Park Event.  The golf carts drove up each and every street in the Park and dispensed Beer along the way - though it was not green!

Irish Dancers

and our friend Bill the Leprechaun on his bike


Daily walks with Tucson continue and always happy to spot the Hawk

 We had some rainy days

but they are always followed by a rainbow

We go out only to the grocery store to buy what we can.  Go to use the bathroom on the way out and encounter this.

Good thing Gary found a back up at home.  

Lettuce Romaine Calm!

Tucson has the right idea and Chills out with a Blizzard!

Tucson - 2nd Week in March

COVID19 is starting to affect life in Tucson!  I was supposed to go

to the Mirror Lab at Arizona State University with my friends Beth and Sandy.  Sandy was under the weather and cancelled and then the University canceled everyone else!  Gary had planned on driving me over to Desert Trails to catch a ride with Beth and he was going to visit with our friends Hughes and Judy.

We stick to that plan and Beth and I go out for lunch instead. 

Went to a Vegan restaurant and I had the Coconut Curry Bowl - it was yummy!

Sunday they closed the Pool and Hot Tubs and cancelled all events.  The Pool was my daily exercise.  I was usually in there alone or maybe with 1 or 2 others.  The day they were scheduled to close there were 24!

I am going to miss this!

Meanwhile I can boost my vitamin C with some gigunda grapefruit!

Gary now has plenty of time to fix our collapsed shelf in the end table

I work on another painted rock - this time for our friends Bill and Barb who welcomed us into their circle when we first arrived and host lovely happy hours.  Also, since all churches are closed including our Church on the Dance Floor - Barb and Bill offered to host a worship group of 10 at their place.

Restaurants are closed so I decide to try making my own Coconut Curry.  

Not too bad!

At least Tucson and I can continue our morning walks

We even got a dusting of snow on the mountains.

and the Sun Sets on another week

Tucson - 1st Week in March

March is here and we start out with our morning walk

 We spot our favorite Hawk

 Spring must be in the air

We try to do a 6 mile bike ride but Gary can only do 3 miles with his ankle..

Gary heads to Alabama to visit his daughter
 

and I head over to Desert Trails to visit my friend Beth and to Judy and Hughes birthday party

 The Birthday couple!

 
Hughes had a magician come to the party - he was very good and it was a lot of fun!  Why should kids be the only ones to get magicians and clowns?

Slight of Hand tricks

 

 Card tricks

 and a little mind reading

 Beth made a super bubble blowing station

  

The next morning, Beth, Tucson and I enjoyed a hike to Ironwood Picnic Area.

Beth leads the way.

 Always bring water on a desert hike!

 It's a perfect morning for a desert hike

 A Smoking Saquaro!

 Always nice to have a place to sit in the shade

at the end of the hike.

 What a beautiful Ironwood Tree.   Couldn't find out how old it is - but is pretty big and they can persist up to 1500 years.

 I get home the next day to find my new camera was delivered.

 Spent the rest of the day playing with it!

 The moon was still out

A hot air balloon was out

Its by the Moutains to the left of the Palm Trees

and my hawks were out on the Power Line Pole

Not a bad first week!